TEDxCU Presents: On the Contrary

Schedule

Sat Apr 04 2026 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Macky Auditorium Concert Hall | Boulder, CO

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TEDxCU is a self-organized event that brings people together to share a TED-like experience. Enjoy live speakers and fine arts performances.
About this Event

Join us for TEDxCU's 14th event on Saturday, April 4th, 2026 in Macky Auditorium and Concert Hall on CU Boulder’s campus!

Speakers:

Doris Yuen, Aimee Bernard, Leo Heuring, Kya Leptrone, Benji Billman, Vik Bebarta.

The TEDxCU 2026 theme is On The Contrary. Speaker lineup and information can be found at TEDxCU.com

Event Schedule Information:

Doors open at 1:00 pm. The event is open seating, we recommend you arrive early. Our audience activations will start when doors open. Speakers and other fine arts performances will start promptly at 2:00 pm and end at 5:00 pm. There will be two 10-15 minute intermissions.

All tickets purchased before January 9th will receive an Early Bird discount. Ticket prices will increase promptly after.

Theme Description:

On the Contrary challenges us to reconsider the tension between opposites not as conflict, but as connection. Just as we don’t know light without shadow, or sound without silence, it is through juxtaposition that meaning emerges. Our theme explores the beauty of contradiction and opposition where tensions like chaos and order, friction and flow, and comedy and tragedy, remind us that opposing viewpoints are often two halves of a deeper truth. In duality, we can find dialogue, rather than division.

Student Ticket Information

To purchase a CU student ticket, you need to use your CU email address and enter your student ID number. If you do not enter both of these at the time of registration, your ticket will be canceled. No exceptions.

Additional Event Information:

Please notify the TEDxCU Team for any accomodation requests at least 14 days prior to event. Send requests to [email protected]

If you are a local middle or high school intersted in bringing your students, please contact the TEDxCU Team about special pricing for school groups. Email [email protected]

Read more about TEDxCU at TEDxCU.com

Please direct questions to [email protected]

TEDxCU is a project of the College of Media, Communication and Information and the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Where is it happening?

Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, 1595 Pleasant Street, Boulder, United States

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Tickets

USD 5.04 to USD 108.55

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